A method for interacting with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a television operating in a step mode in which movement of a cursor among menu items displayed on the GUI is performed stepwise in accordance with a manipulation of a direction key of the remote controller, the method including receiving, by the television, from a remote controller a signal corresponding to spatial movement of the remote controller detected by the remote controller that instructs the television to switch from (i) the step mode to (ii) a position mode of the GUI in which the movement of the cursor among the menu items is performed in accordance with the spatial movement of the remote controller and switching from the step mode of the GUI to the position mode of the GUI based on the signal.
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2. The display system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to switch from the step mode to the pointing mode in response to receiving from the remote control apparatus, through the communication unit, signals corresponding to the multi-directional spatial movements of a predetermined pattern of spatial movement.
3. The display system of claim 2, wherein the predetermined pattern of spatial movement corresponds to the remote control apparatus drawing a shape of a numeral ‘8’ in space.
4. The display system of claim 2, wherein the predetermined pattern of spatial movement corresponds to the remote control apparatus drawing a shape of a circle in space.
9. The display system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to switch from the pointing mode to the step mode based on determining the multi-directional spatial movements correspond to a predetermined pattern of spatial movement while in the pointing mode.
11. The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode in response to receiving from the remote control apparatus the one or more signals corresponding to the multi-directional spatial movements of a predetermined pattern of spatial movement.
12. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the predetermined pattern of spatial movement corresponds to the remote control apparatus drawing a shape of a numeral ‘8’ in space.
13. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the predetermined pattern of spatial movement corresponds to the remote control apparatus drawing a shape of a circle in space.
15. The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to switch from the second mode to the first mode, in response to receiving, through the communication unit, a signal corresponding to manipulation of a key among the left direction key, the right direction key, the up direction key and the down direction key, from the remote control apparatus.
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